Student Rental Market
Student Letting in 2021: Referrals Lead Over Rightmove
With students shunning mainstream property aggregators, how can you make sure they rent with your agency?
April 18, 2021
Supercharge your
referrals & convert more viewings.
referrals & convert more viewings.
Maximise your agency leads and viewings once the conversations start taking place within your student lettings market.
Win More Landlords
Stand out from the competition with an optimised referral marketing strategy and a booking system that allows students to confirm viewings through your website 24/7.
Book More Viewings
Easily allow tenants to engage with your agency and book viewings in multiple languages through a 5-click booking system without staff always needing to always be on hand.
Let your Portfolio Faster
More viewings booked means more traffic to your portfolio. By increasing viewings across lettings season your agency will be able to rent its portfolio quicker meaning happier landlords.
Use your current tenants to drive more leads
You have hundreds of current tenants meaning you have a database of leads rife with potential to refer. When renewals are sent out, your Hatchpad system automatically adds tenants to your rewards engine; offering rewards as an incentive to refer friends as you collect instant feedback on their plans for next year.
- Automatically executed by your Hatchpad communication system
- Instant renewal feedback across your portfolio at the click of a button
- Offer cash incentives or rewards to over 100 retail brands
- Fully tracked by unique referral codes
Maximise your funnel with referral rewards
Once prospects have registered interest or booked a viewing through your agency, they are able to share a rewards link with their student network via Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Email or SMS. You can choose to reward the referrer or both parties with rewards to some of the top student brands.
- Automatically build leads without lifting a finger
- Set your own reward amounts guided by Hatchpad's market research
- Automatically distributes rewards on a successful property let
- Works alongside other marketing channels and property portals
Simplify the viewing
booking process
booking process
Prospects will look through properties on your website as normal and be prompted to add houses of interest to their viewings basket. Customise the basket size to your agencys liking by setting a maximum number of houses prospects can select at one time. Combined with the value of prospect preferences, this system provides staff with the information they need when selecting which properties to show on the day of the viewing.
- Automatically links to listings on your website
- Guides prospects through the viewing booking process
- Built with user experience at the forefront
- Simple 5-step basket booking process
Book viewings
in the diary 24/7
in the diary 24/7
Once prospects have added their preferences and details, Hatchpad can automatically assign the viewing to specific viewings staff based on the student area, number of bedrooms or availability. The prospect is provided with the agent’s live calendar availability, and is prompted to instantly book a viewing slot in their diary.
- Staff are able to set own availability for viewing bookings
- Ability to assign specific agents based on house size or area of interest
- Customise viewing slot length in line with current operations
- Confirmed viewings automatically links to agents calendar
Managing viewings has never been easier
The system instantly notifies viewings staff once a viewing has been booked in the calendar. Staff then review the basket and prospect preferences before confirming the properties to be viewed on the day; with the system providing staff with property recommendations that closest match the tenants preferences for easy selection.
- Integrates seamlessly into your current agency calendar solution
- Automatically sends notifications to current and prospective tenants
- Customise viewing notifications to your agency
- Notifies you of any viewing clashes for newly rented houses
A multi-purpose
engagement tool
engagement tool
The live chat functionality allows prospects to ask any general questions related to their new property search at any point in the process. Prospects can register their interest to receive an email once properties that match their preferences become available on your website.
- Allow new prospects to talk directly with your team
- User friendly and easy to use live-chat system
- Decrease the risk of losing leads
- Allow students to switch between their basket and live chat with ease
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